On May 22, at city of Manchester, took place in the facilities of the University of Salford the Kick-Off meeting of the project SMARTPIF - "Smart tools for the prescription of orthopaedic insoles and footwear".

After a brief welcome by the project coordinator, Mr. Ángel Camp (IVPIE), every Work Package was explained by the respective leaders (WP1-INESCOP, WP2-LION, WP3 and WP6-USAL, WP4-UVEG, WP5-UNIVPM, WP7-S-INSOLES and WP8-INESCOP), who presented an overview of the work to be done during the first project period (Month 1 to Month 9):

Objectives.

Duration.

Partners involved and their respective workload.

Summary of the tasks with regard to the project timeline.

Deliverables due.

Key-point: specific aspects on which special attention should be paid.

After a round of questions and answers, the Kick-Off meeting finished and the project was officially launched (although work has developed since 1st of May).

Also,the day beforeRTDpartnershad a technical meeting,in whichthey discussed thedata collectionprocedures, the immediate needs ofthe different developments, and the internal coordinationamong researchers assigned to the different work packages.